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06/27/2014

Annual Conference 2015: Call for Presentations!

Want to present at Annual Conference 2015?

Annual Conference 2015: Call for Presentations!

OPTA is seeking presentation proposals for Annual Conference 2015, to be held April 10-11, 2015. Proposals are due by August 1, 2014.

Much time and effort is put into developing therapeutic home programs for our patients. Our hope is that patients continue these programs long after discharge to maintain the benefits gained in physical therapy. However, physical therapists treat many conditions that are chronic and recurrent. OPTA Annual Conference programming will be geared toward answering the following questions for patient care:

How can physical therapists improve compliance with home programs?

What wellness programs are effective for maintenance and continued therapeutic benefit of common conditions seen in physical therapy?

What programs can prevent reoccurrence and decline of function from the chronic conditions seen in physical therapy?

For the physical therapist and physical therapist assistant, everyday practice can be stressful both mentally and physically. For the first time in conference history, OPTA will focus a portion of programming on promoting the health and wellness of the physical therapy practitioner. Our invited keynote speaker, Dr. Joan Vernikos, is an expert in stress and healthy aging. She is a retired NASA physiologist and her most recent book provides insight on activity promotion and healthy lifestyle, “Sitting Kills, Moving Heals: How Everyday Movement Will Prevent Pain, Illness and Early Death - and Exercise Alone Won't.”

OPTA is seeking presentations that will provide education to promote and support health and wellness for physical therapy practitioners.

Presentation proposal submissions must include the following:

Presentation Length: Presentations ranging from 45 minutes to three hours will be accepted

Description of Topic

Learning Objectives: 1-2 objectives per hour of content

Biography of Presenter: Includes knowledge, expertise and/or past presentations on the proposal topic

All submissions should be sent electronically to Halle Runion. Deadline for proposal submissions is August 1, 2014.